Some complain about the advance of thumping, recorded music into baseball stadiums — once the exclusive domain of organ grinders. But identifiable closer music is one of the best new baseball developments of the last couple of decades: It lets fans know a (hopefully) dominant reliever is coming into the game, it allows the reliever to express himself in some way, and it maybe even makes him a touch more intimidating, assuming he has picked the correct song.

At best, closer music should be recognizable, energetic, and at least a touch frightening. So as the man with perhaps the most identifiable entrance song in baseball history makes his final appearances, here’s a look at the top 5 closer songs in baseball today, with some help from the incredible DesignatedHits.com:

5. Chris Perez: Firestarter by The Prodigy

The Prodigy makes music that sounds like what’s happening on the inside of a crazy person’s head. It’s frenetic and aggressive, and a terrifying harbinger of the Indians closer’s mid-90s heat.

4. Ernesto Frieri: Volare by Gipsy Kings

This is a lovely song that makes me want to dance. It’s not the most intimidating choice in the world, but it’s certainly energetic, and feels like the type of music that should bring the crowd in Anaheim to its feet. Bonus points for originality.

3. Jason Grilli: Whipping by Pearl Jam

The song’s just OK and Grilli’s not currently closing games for the Pirates after an injury cost him the role, but his arrival into ballgames represents the very best of a new trend: Entrance videos. When Grilli comes into a game, the scoreboard shows highlights accompanied by his song, and then, inexplicably, shows him making a grilled cheese sandwich. It’s so baffling that it’s harrowing. WHY ARE YOU MAKING A SANDWICH RIGHT NOW YOU PSYCHOPATH YOU NEED TO FOCUS ON PITCHING!

2. Aroldis Chapman: Wake Up by Rage Against the Machine

The Reds closer regularly throws over 100 mph, so pretty much any song he picked would swiftly become intimidating. But the opening chords to Wake Up make me feel like I could throw over 100 mph, and I typically top out around 62.

1. Mariano Rivera: Enter Sandman by Metallica

Obviously. The Yankees legend didn’t pick his song and has said he doesn’t even particularly care for it, but it has all the elements of great closer music. And at this point, it is inextricably linked to Rivera in baseball, which must be the scariest part of all to an opposing hitter.

As a bonus, here are the five best closer songs no one to our knowledge is using:

5. Tell ‘em by Sleigh Bells

The opening to this song is jarring and towering, a wall of noise for a closer who is about to make noise with his arm. It plays.

4. 4’33 by John Cage

OK, so use Cage’s avant-garde composition as a stand-in for complete silence. It’d need to be a coordinated effort across the whole stadium, everything just going deathly quiet as the closer slowly walks to the mound and starts throwing his warmup tosses, the popping of the catcher’s mitt resonating throughout the rafters. It’d be extremely difficult to pull off, but incredibly awesome if anyone could.

3. Master of Puppets by Metallica

How has no one used this yet? It’s by Metallica, which is one of the main things players seem to be seeking in songs. And the lyrics say, “Obey your master!” Sure, it’s about crippling drug addiction and in fact, very sad. But everyone could easily ignore that for a few minutes and pretend its about a crippling curveball or something.

2. Ave Maria by Franz Schubert

This is pretty much the most beautiful song. Accompanying a dominant closer warming up, it’d be devastating. The death knell for the opposing team’s chances of winning.

1. Keep Their Heads Ringing by Dr. Dre (lyrics NSFW)

OK, so someone would need to find a very thorough radio edit of this song to make it fit for a family atmosphere, but it’s otherwise perfect. It starts by instructing people to get up out of their chairs, it features Dr. Dre posturing in all sorts of intimidating ways, and it’s funky as anything so it would turn the whole stadium into a West Coast throwdown. Closers, if you’re out there, please heed my request. You won’t be sorry.

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